Month: June 2021

ISLAMABAD: The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Tuesday lost 93.52 points, with a negative change of 0.19 percent, closing at 48, 632.56 points against 48, 726.08 points on the last working day. A total of 1, 224, 569, 852 shares valuing Rs 28.170 billion were traded during the day as compared to […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Tuesday said these were PPP and PML-N, which during their tenures in government, introduced the culture of ruthless exploitation of poor and put the country under dominance of foreign financial institutions. Reacting to statements of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Zardari and Pakistan Muslim […]

ISLAMABAD: COMSTECH will provide 500 scholarships for Palestinian students and scholars in partnership with Association of Private Sector Universities of Pakistan (APSUP) and member institutions of COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence. This was announced by the Coordinator General, COMSTECH Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary while addressing a press conference at COMSTECH office here Tuesday. He stated […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to submit its response on new legislation regarding stone crushing. The court also sought a report on the matter from environmental experts. A three-member SC bench comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Amin-Ud-Din Khan heard the provincial […]

ISLAMABAD: The sale and production of cars witnessed an increase of 56.63 and 49.67 percent respectively during the first eleven months of financial year 2020-21 as compared to corresponding period of last year. During the period under review, as many as 139, 613 cars were sold against the sale of 89, 130 units while the […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Netball Federation (PNF) would hold the National Netball Championship here at the Pakistan Sports Complex from June 27. “Pakistan Wapda would defend both men’s and women’s titles in the championship,” PNF President Mudassar Arain told reporter. He said the preparations for the championship were in full swing and 16 teams of men and […]

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority management, in order to solve water related issues and preserve rain water has decided to make it mandatory for all the public sector buildings in the city to have under ground water wells for harvesting of rain water. CDA management has been actively pursuing plans and policies to resolve water related […]

ISLAMABAD: Gallery 6 on Tuesday selected 82 paintings for Arjumand Painting Award 2021, in first phase. In a statement issued here, Gallery 6 thanked artists for an overwhelming response to APA 2021. It took four marathon sessions spread over two days to select paintings in the first phase of judgment. Congratulations to all those whose […]